The VLC developers are really fast! Only two days after a new security vulnerability in the .mkv processing routines became public, a fixed version of the player is available for download. VLC 1.1.7 has the .mkv issue fixed. VLC users should download and install the update immediately!
Dirk Knop
Technical Editor
Full story: Avira – TechBlog
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